Show drilling records for oil gas wells fall 1954 this year ilk like 1954 will be a record in the oil ras gas well drilling driling field accordi according rif to reports in petroleum Tri information format on last year the industry drilled a total of oil and gas wells in 10 western states including colorado utah montana new mexico arizona nevada north and south dakota nebraska and wyoming in compa comparison ron 1953 total w wa and t the h 1954 fl figure r w wn s sl four limes times as large a as s clr number drilled in 1950 colorado and wyoming were leader leaders in well total totals and ratio of successes respectively in colorado 1358 wells were drilled for 58 producers while Wyo wyoming percentage ran to 69 0 with 8 producers in 1221 coni coin pl ted d drillings lings for the first time drilling footage passed an aniual annual total of more ore than 20 million ft ft et drills bored through feet more than the year belores bc be fores footage of the magazine said much of 0 the nations oat lons oil industry has come to regard the as the prime exploratory area of the continent in other states besides colorado and wyoming these were the figures total completions oil and gas wells nebraska and 20 new mexico 6 and north dakota and 0 utah 81 10 and 9 south i dakota 23 2 and 0 nevada 7 1 and 0 arizona kriz ons 2 0 and 1 |